Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / July 2006

I have seen the "Are you finished eating? " in my TOEIC book.
But I think "Do you finished eating? or Have you finished eating? " is
more understandable for me than that.
Would you please give me an idea why "Are you finished eating?" is

I'd like a penfriend in this summer.
I am a college boy in China.I am 20 .I like movies,TV,reading,songs .
cause  it is summer break I wonder if I can get some penfriend.
Email me .my E-mail address is sunshine_liujun@yahoo.com.cn

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Do you teach the topic "globalization" in your A-level courses?
Which books/schoolbooks are available? What would you recommend? Do you
know short stories or novels or a play dealing (critically) with the
effects of globalization?

Hi everyone. Can someone please tell me what the expression "throw in a
bar of soap" means? Thanks.

Dear readers,
in my English test paper I wrote the following sentence
that was marked to be a failure. Knowing my English
teacher for quite some time now, I am not sure whether

I am new to this group.I am from India.  i am going to write TOEFL.  I
am confusing whether to choose iBT or CBT...  Can anyone clarify which
one will be better?
Thanks in advance.